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Land Title Act 2000
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155 Requisitions
(1) The Registrar-General may, in writing, give a requisition to a person
who has lodged or deposited an instrument or other document
requiring the person:
(a) to re-execute, complete or correct the instrument or document
if it appears to the Registrar-General to be wrong, incomplete
or defective; or
(b) to produce to the Registrar-General specified information, or
deposit a specified instrument or document, in support of the
person's application to register the instrument.
(2) The Registrar-General may require the instrument, document or
information to be verified by statutory declaration or affidavit.
(3) The notice may:
(a) specify when, and the place where, it must be complied with;
and
(b) if it relates to an electronic conveyancing document – be
accompanied by a copy of the document.
(4) The Registrar-General may extend the time for complying with the
(5) The Registrar-General may refuse to deal with the instrument or
document lodged or deposited by the person (and any instrument
that depends on it for registration) until the person complies with the
(6) The Registrar-General may give a requisition under subsection (7)
in relation to an instrument or other document that is lodged if the
Registrar-General is satisfied:
(a) the instrument or document is not capable of registration; and
(b) the reason the instrument or document is not capable of
registration is not a matter for which a requisition may be
given under subsection (1).
(7) The Registrar-General may, in writing, give a requisition to the
person who lodged the instrument or document, or to another
person who reasonably appears to the Registrar-General to be
relevantly associated with the instrument or document, stating:
(a) that the instrument or document is not capable of registration;
and
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(b) why the instrument or document is not capable of registration.
(8) A requisition given under subsection (7) may, if it relates to an
electronic conveyancing document, be accompanied by a copy of
the document.